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Rancho del Sol, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95709. It lies near Snow Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Camino quadrangle. It stands 2,989 feet above sea level.

Rancho del Sol within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho del Sol, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Rancho del Sol, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

632 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 632 fires within 5 miles of Rancho del Sol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,602 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning202
Missing data/not specified/undetermined198
Equipment and vehicle use124
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural11
Other causes7
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBADGER
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRED APPLE CAFE CAMINO
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARKER
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSCHOOL
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPIONEER
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLEE
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHAZEL ST POLLOCK_PINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 145 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 145 workings within 5 miles of Rancho del Sol: 67 occurrences, 61 unknowns, 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Iron, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J. L. GibsonVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
J. L. GibsonStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
Camino Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionUnknown
Snow Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elbert PropGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cedar Grove1.7 miles33
Camino1.7 miles33
Newtown1.8 miles33
Avinsino Corner2.2 miles33
Sierra Springs2.4 miles31
Pleasant Valley2.6 miles33
Camino Heights3.3 miles33
Five Mile Terrace3.4 miles33

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7291386The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1744761. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.